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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,821, dated September 13, 1898. Application iiled June 24, 1898. Serial No. 684,351. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN F. NEHR, of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Candelabra, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and economic form of candelabrum in which detachable and reversible candlesupporting arms are employed capable of being so placed relative to a support that the design of the candelabrum may be varied at will and the necessary changes be quickly, conveniently, and safely made.

The invention consists in the novel-construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specication,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved candelabru m, illustrating the candle-supporting arms indifferent positions. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectiontaken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one ofthe candle-supporting arms, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal edge view of the arm shown in Fig. 3.

A standard A is provided, which standard consists of an outer tubular member 10, secured to a base 11, of any design or desired construction, and an inner member 12, which is mounted to slide in the outer member of the standard and is held in the proper position relative to the outer member by means of a set-screw 13 or its equivalent, which is passed through the outer member to an engagement with the inner member of the standard. The inner member 12 of the standard is provided with a head 14. This head is preferably solid and is of an ornamental character. In the drawings the head is illustrated as having flat side faces and a bead 15 at the bottom which limits the downward movement of the inner member into the outer member of the standard A.

A bearing 16 is formed transversely in the head 14 between its ends, usually at or near the center, and into this 4bearing two setscrews 17 and 18 extend. The upper end of the head is usually contracted, and the con` tracted portion of the head is provided with a tapering recess 19, which forms a socket to receive the tapering shank 2O of a cup 2], to which cup a candle-receiver 22 is attached, usually through the medium of a screw 23. It will be observed that the cup 21 and the candle-receiver 22 constitute a candlestick which may be readily removed from the head when desired and that when placed upon the head the Candlestick will be firmly held in position without employing locking devices, such as screws or their equivalents.

In connection with the head 14 arms B are employed, and the arms are preferably two in number, one heilig located at each vertical edge ofthe head. The arms may be inclined, as shown in positive lines in Fig. 1, or they may be straight, as shown in dotted lines at the left in Fig. land in positive lines in Figs. and 4, and two arms of the same character may be employed, or one of the arms may be inclined and the other straight, (see dotted lines in Fig. 1,) as fancy may dictate. The arms may be reversible, so that said arms may be placed in diiferent positions relative to the standard, and thus vary the design of the candelabrum. Each arm usually consists `of two parallel bars 24 and 25, connected by cross-bars 26, and each cross-bar 26 at each end is provided with a socket corresponding to the socket 19 in the head of the standard, so that the same character ofV Candlestick shown in Fig. 2 may be applied to a socket at either side of any of the arms, the candlesticks being removed from the arms prior to their reversal, and after the arms have been reversed with reference to the base of the candelabrum the Candlesticks are placed in the uppermost sockets.

The arms are attached to the head of the standard through the medium of horizontal `pins 28, which extend from the inner ends of the arms, and the said pins are adapted to enter the bearing 16, the pins of the arms being introduced at opposite ends of the bearing, and the pin of each arm is provided with transverse recesses 29, said recesses being in opposite sides and so placed that when a pin of an arm has been introduced into the'bearing in a manner to bring a ange 27 at the IDO inner end of an arm close to the head the setscrew for that particular arm will be made to enter one or the other of the recesses 29.

Itis evident that candelabra constructed as above set forth are not only simple, durable, and economic, but'the fact that a candelabrum may be given so inanyshapes renders it very attractive and desirable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A candelabrum consisting of a standard and arms reversibly and interchangeably connected with the said standard, the arms being provided with sockets at each longitudinal edge, said sockets being adapted to receive Candlesticks, as and for the purpose speciiied.

2. A candelabrum consisting of a standard made in adjustable sections, reversible and interchangeable arms carried by one section of the said standard, means for securing the arms to the said section of the standard, each arm being provided with sockets located at its upper and its lower longitudinal surfaces,

the said sockets being tapering, and candlesticks provided with tapering lugs arranged to tit in the sockets of the arms, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a candelabrum, the combination, with a telescopic standard, means for securing the sections of the standard in adjusted position, a head for one section of the standard, the said head being provided with a bearing eX- tending from edge to edge, and locking de- Vices extending into the said bearing, of candle-supporting arms provided with sockets at their upper and lower longitudinal surfaces, arranged to receive Candlesticks, each arm being provided at its inner end with a pin adapted to enter the bearing in the said head, the pin of each arm being provided with opposing recesses adapted for the reception of the locking devices extending into the said bearing, for the purpose set forth.

HERMAN F. NEHR.

Witnesses:

J. FRED AGKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

